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When I started teaching high school science in Oklahoma in 2007 at the age of 55, I knew almost nothing about teaching. I’d taught Freshman Composition at a local college… more ›
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Just a couple of blocks from the campus for teen moms where I used to teach in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, was an older elementary school that had been renovated to… more ›
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In 2001, I responded to an article in my local Tulsa, Oklahoma newspaper by applying to become a part of the Kids Count Leadership Team that was forming that year.… more ›
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Just around the corner and down the hall from my classroom, when I taught at a school for pregnant and parenting teens was a Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) office.… more ›
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When I talked with Kate Westaby a couple of weeks ago for my post about the Young Parent Collective, she suggested I also create a post about the Healthy Teen… more ›
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Last year, I finished a memoir about my eight-year career as a science teacher to teen moms, called Subject to Change. My story emphasizes the human capacity for and willingness… more ›
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Kate Westaby was 17 and a senior in high school when she discovered she was going to be a mom. Although it was discouraging, Kate was determined to graduate and… more ›
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This week, I’m featuring the Young Parent Collective in Madison, Wisconsin. Its guiding principle is that “All young parents can achieve educational dreams, career goals, and health and well-being for… more ›
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The YWCA is a familiar acronym but I really didn’t know what they do until one reader suggested I research the program they operate in Greensboro, North Carolina for teen… more ›
Janice Airhart 